Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 14, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Long-distance relationship? => STARSYSTEM
11 Across: bfn alternative => TTYL
15 Across: Overwhelmed by mosquitoes => EATENALIVE
16 Across: Easy now => WHOA
17 Across: Landmark whose address is 768 Fifth Avenue in New York City => PLAZAHOTEL
18 Across: Flooring trees => OAKS
19 Across: Character => TENOR
20 Across: __ favor => POR
21 Across: Foundation options => TONES
22 Across: MLB playoff round => NLCS
24 Across: Is that how you see it? => THINKSO
26 Across: Saltimbocca herb => SAGE
29 Across: Made oneself scarce => HID
31 Across: Ocean to Ocean singer Tori => AMOS
32 Across: Equal => ARE
33 Across: Palme d'Or field => CINE
34 Across: Don't mention it, in Spanish => DENADA
37 Across: Chill => SITBACKANDRELAX
40 Across: Desert of the Maghreb => SAHARA
41 Across: Gifts that may be made from pupu shells => LEIS
42 Across: Number of players needed to play Klondike => ONE
43 Across: Monopoly token until 2013 => IRON
44 Across: Paragraph opener => TAB
45 Across: Vintage Pontiacs => GTOS
46 Across: Isn't really hot? => ACTSMAD
49 Across: Old autocrat => TSAR
51 Across: Some fundraisers => RACES
52 Across: Lithium-__ battery => ION
54 Across: I Just Can't Wait To Be King singer => SIMBA
58 Across: Whistleblower-protecting org. => OSHA
59 Across: Comprehensively defeated => TAKENAPART
61 Across: Heated contest? => MEET
62 Across: Local number, at times => ANESTHESIA
63 Across: Makes sense, with up => ADDS
64 Across: Practiced but did not compete => REDSHIRTED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: National Teddy Bear Day mo. => SEPT
2 Down: Narrative => TALE
3 Down: __ end => ATAN
4 Down: Go to commercial, say => REZONE
5 Down: Jam => SNARL
6 Down: Boo-__! => YAH
7 Down: Janitorial closet feature => SLOPSINK
8 Down: Big name in handmade vodka => TITO
9 Down: Navratilova rival => EVERT
10 Down: Allen who was the first host of This Week in Baseball => MEL
11 Down: Athletic advantage => TWOONONE
12 Down: Some help you are => THANKSALOT
13 Down: Makes the team? => YOKES
14 Down: Sudeikis role => LASSO
21 Down: Kitchen counters? => TIMERS
23 Down: American who may have a quinceañera => CHICANA
25 Down: Held a claim => HADDIBS
26 Down: Lip => SASS
27 Down: Cantata component => ARIA
28 Down: Wed => GETHITCHED
30 Down: Delivered => DEALT
33 Down: Rebounds => CAROMS
35 Down: Wildlife writer/director => DANO
36 Down: Plot lines => AXES
38 Down: High chairs? => BARSEATS
39 Down: Asset for some writing contests => NEATNESS
45 Down: Beef source => GRIPER
46 Down: Musk => AROMA
47 Down: Like some sausages => CASED
48 Down: Title woman in a little ditty of 1982 => DIANE
50 Down: Beer with sushi, maybe => ASAHI
53 Down: Approved => OKED
55 Down: Halyard pole => MAST
56 Down: Larson who plays Captain Marvel => BRIE
57 Down: Barely => ATAD
59 Down: 2022 Todd Field film about a conductor => TAR
60 Down: Ultimate => NTH

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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